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GSU's stadium is expandable to 50k. I wonder if Dodo knows much about GSU.

<a href="http://www2.gasou.edu/athletics/paulson.html" target="_blank">http://www2.gasou.edu/athletics/paulson.html</a>

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same architects as for Marshall Stadium I believe. Not a bad stadium, especially for 1aa. I had a bad dream there in '91.

I had a great time at Georgia Southern in 1991! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />

I don't see GSU as a candidate for moving up to I-A. I think they are pretty content where they are.

Statesboro is not an easy place to get to.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by CarolinaHerdOn:
same architects as for Marshall Stadium I believe. Not a bad stadium, especially for 1aa. I had a bad dream there in '91.<hr /></blockquote>Same dream....ugghh!

Made up for it the next season though

Georgia Southern has had a great run the last 20 years. I remember when they started their program back in the early 80s. They came to our football practices and tried to get bodies of any kind down in Statesboro. Now, the are a perenial I-AA power.

They have a small, but rabid following here in the state. They usually average about 17-20,000 fans a game. They are one of the top attendance schools in I-AA.

They typically have a lot of talent, too. Some of you guys might remember Peterson from last year -- he's one of the better RBs I've seen at the I-AA level, and he's playing somewhere in the NFL now.

YSUindy is correct, however. I have never heard them seriously discuss moving up to I-A. Also, their other sports besides football are not very good.

The school, itself, has a pretty strong reputation as a "party school" here in Georgia. It certainly has gotten better academically (since kids with B averages can go to school in Georgia for free, a lot more kids are staying in-state), but it's not on par academically with most of the MAC schools, I think. You have to remember that the state of Georgia ranks last in the Union in just about every scholastic statistical category. We are #1 in teen pregnancy, however!

Also, not to be mean because I have friends who went to Southern, but I think they would agree that Statesboro is a pit. It's down in hardscrabble, scrub pine, sand gnat territory -- not a pretty area of the state.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dodo:
You have to remember that the state of Georgia ranks last in the Union in just about every scholastic statistical category. We are #1 in teen pregnancy, however!
.<hr /></blockquote>Nah, South Carolina's mantra is recognizable across the country: "Thank goodness for Mississisppi!". Ga can't be any worse than 48, and I gotta think that Alabama and New Mexico sure help their cause.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dodo:
It's down in hardscrabble, scrub pine, sand gnat territory -- not a pretty area of the state.<hr /></blockquote>Trouble is, you just described the whole state!

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by DrTorch:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dodo:
You have to remember that the state of Georgia ranks last in the Union in just about every scholastic statistical category. We are #1 in teen pregnancy, however!
.<hr /></blockquote>Nah, South Carolina's mantra is recognizable across the country: "Thank goodness for Mississisppi!". Ga can't be any worse than 48, and I gotta think that Alabama and New Mexico sure help their cause.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dodo:
It's down in hardscrabble, scrub pine, sand gnat territory -- not a pretty area of the state.<hr /></blockquote>Trouble is, you just described the whole state!<hr /></blockquote>No, actually Torch, Georgia is worse, statistically, than South Carolina or Mississippi. We were last in SATs, and we've been consistently at the bottom in Stanford Achievement scores. Plus, we have about a 25% dropout rate. As we say, "Once you leave Atlanta, you're in Georgia."

As far as your second comment, I will only assume you haven't spent any time in North Georgia -- it's beautiful, although populated by people with family trees that don't branch a whole lot. Georgia actually is very geographically diverse -- it has 6 distinct regions, but the northern part goes up near 5,000 ft.

<a href="http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/physiographic/physio-dist.htm" target="_blank">Regions</a>

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